Christwood Retirement Community Celebrating their 25th Anniversary
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Inside Northside
EVEN THOUGH THE COVID19 pandemic limited or caused postponement of some 25th Anniversary celebratory events, the Christwood management and staff were nevertheless able to carry out several of them, including a staff crawfish boil, an anniversary service and reception at Christ Episcopal Church in Covington, and the planting of the 25th Anniversary oak tree on the shore of Loch Lohman. The anniversary celebration continued with a Healing Arts Exhibit in the Atrium Gallery. On a beautiful Sunday morning this past September, Christwood hosted a celebratory liturgy at Christ Episcopal Church. It was held in the church courtyard and attended by members
of the Church who enjoyed an array of sweet, savory, and bubbly refreshments as well as musical entertainment by Matt Lemmler and friends. Father Steve Holzhalb, D.Min. delivered a heartfelt liturgy in which he shared “God’s Spirit, I believe, continues to manifest at Christwood. Not perfectly to be sure. Not completely, but in a loving, respectful, caring way, through good times and bad. The spirit is manifest in residents, in their families, in the staff and in their families as a vibrant community…and the spirit of this congregation remains, week by week, celebrating the Eucharist and ministering to those in the resident community in need. Praise God from whom all blessings come.”
